tty: Disable default console blanking interval

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869017
Console blanking is not enabling DPMS power saving (thereby negating any
power-saving benefit), and is simply turning the screen content blank. This
means that any crash output is invisible which is unhelpful on a server
(virtual or otherwise).

Furthermore, CRT burn in concerns should no longer govern the default case.
Affected users could always set consoleblank on the kernel command line.

Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <[email protected]>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <[email protected]>
Cc: Adam Borowski <[email protected]>
Cc: Scot Doyle <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 5c4933bb4b5336258f3d31f22971a1aea87c0dd9..9c9945284bcf240d319b98f986c2573b4d16e307 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ int console_blanked;
 
 static int vesa_blank_mode; /* 0:none 1:suspendV 2:suspendH 3:powerdown */
 static int vesa_off_interval;
-static int blankinterval = 10*60;
+static int blankinterval;
 core_param(consoleblank, blankinterval, int, 0444);
 
 static DECLARE_WORK(console_work, console_callback);